Maney, 61, of Menands, also tried to contact Albany County District Attorney David Soares in a failed attempt “of trying to minimize publicity of his arrest,” according to the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. He did not reach the prosecutor, whose office declined to comment on the matter Thursday.

Maney, who runs a drug court in his courtroom, received a censure. It is the second most severe of three penalties a judge can face for misconduct in New York.

The commission noted that, if it had the power, it would have suspended Maney without pay. And three of the 11 commissioners assigned to the case voted to remove him from office.

The commission stated that Maney, a Family Court judge since 1991, “referred to himself being a judge” while in handcuffs on the ride to the Green Island police station.

“This case presents a series of aggravating factors that are especially disturbing,” the commission wrote. “Although he never asked specifically that no charges be filed or that the charges be dropped or reduced, those requests, coupled with his gratuitous references to his judicial office, left no doubt that he was asking for favorable treatment simply because of his judicial status.”